The tech news cycle typically ramps up another notch after Labor Day, which was clear yesterday with many happenings from across the tech world.

Many of them had to do with China. Paul Mozur and Jane Perlez reported on Tuesday that during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States later this month, the Chinese Internet czar Lu Wei, who oversees China’s restrictions on overseas Internet companies, plans to hold a tech forum in Seattle. Many top executives from American tech companies, including Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, have been invited. The meeting comes as tensions rise between the United States and China over tech, and the forum — which deviates from Mr. Xi’s carefully choreographed visit — plays into the brinkmanship between the countries, Mr. Mozur and Ms. Perlez wrote.